The Hunter River Floods. Extraordinary Rise of the Water. an Immense Inland Sea. Several Towns Partially Submerged. Thousands of Families Flooded Out. a Picture of Terrible Destitution. People Taking Refuge on House Tops. Sending Food to Sufferers. Attempts to Reach Maitland From Newcastle. the Scene As Described by Our "Specials." Serious Damage to Railways. Bridges Destroyed -- Collapse of Embankments. Only One More Fatality. Several Collieries Stopped Work. the Weather Clearing, and the Hunter Falling
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Friday, 10 p.m. -- Newcastle is at present occupying a position almost as unique as West Maitland. It has experienced a small flood of its own. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Railway Extension to the Queensland Border
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 5
ADELAIDE, Friday. -- An influential deputation waited on the Premier to-day and asked that a railway line might he constructed from Hergott to Kopperamanna,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Departure of Lord and Lady Jersey. Scene at the Railway Station
Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 2
Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Australian Town and Country Journal. "Past, present, future." Sydney, Saturday, March 11, 1893. Railway Management
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 18
WE publish elsewhere an extract from the RAILWAY AGE AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILROADER, an American journal. The RAILROADER gives an interesting contrast…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Tin Discovery at Emerald. Queensland Central Railway
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 25
The following particulars of the recent discovery of tin at Emerald, on the Queensland Central Railway line, are from a Rockhampton exchange: The party consisted of Mess.s. James Laity, R. L…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The Railway Systems in America and Australia. an American Opinion
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 28
Under this heading an American paper, the RAILWAY AGE AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILROADER, gives some pertinent facts in connection with American and Australian railways. From a table…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →A New Cable Tramcar. Designed and Made in Sydney. (See illustration on this page.)
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 31
The accompanying illustration represents a new tramcar, intended as a sample upon which the cars for the Sydney Ocean-street cable service are to be constructed. The car has been…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →The Floods. Great Damage in the Newcastle District. an Inland Sea at Maitland. All Road Communication with Maitland Impracticable. People Driven From Their Homes. Miller's Forest Entirely Inundated. Whole Families in Peril. the Rescue Work. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 9
Further details have been received of the damage caused yesterday by the storm. Wallsend is in part covered to a depth of 5ft. of water. A large pitfall between Brook-street and Park occurred,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At Muswellbrook. the Passengers by the Brisbane Train
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 5
MUSWELLBROOK, Saturday, 11.50 p.m.--As large a gang as possible are working at the damaged portion of the line beyond Ravensworth station, but the repairs necessary, as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hunter River Floods. the Water Slowly Falling. From Newcastle to East Maitland. Exciting Adventures in Boats. a Wide Expanse of Water. a Picture of Awful Desolation. Complete Destruction and Hopeless Ruin. Only One House Not Abandoned. a Railway Bridge Washed Away
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--The present flood is the most terrible and destructive ever known in the Hunter River. There is 30ft. of water over parts of West Maitland,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in the Country. The Situation on the Hunter. Enormous Destruction of Property. Rescued from Floating Haystacks. Highest Flood on Record. Houses and Stock Destroyed. Damage to Railways. The Premier at West Maitland. A Scene of Desolation. Government Assistance. The Macleay and manning
Evening News · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 5
WEST MAITLAND, Saturday, 8 p.m.—This district is now passing through one of the most terrific and appalling floods ever experienced. When the people of this district heard about the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 8
Also in The Australian Star
The Commissioners have been informed by their officers that traffic communication has been restored between East Maitland and all Northern stations. The train from Jannings is at Raveasworth, and…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 8
The Railway Commisioners left Sydney for the scene of the floods at 11 o'clock on Saturday morning in a special train. They expected to reach Newcastle about three o'clock in the affernoon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Action for £5000. Loss of a Leg. Tram and Buggy Accident
The Australian Star · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 6
The action brought by Mary Marsden M'Whannell, a child, by her nearest friend, Henry Deakin, against the Railway Commissioners, claiming £5000 damages for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death of a Railway Guard
The Australian Star · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 5
A railway guard named John P. Huxtable, 40 years of age, a married man residing with his family at Samuel-street, St. Peters, died at the Prince Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Action for £5000. Loss of a Leg. Tram and Buggy Accident. Result of a Sunday Drive. Pleasure and Pain--Severe Cross-examination--Action by an Infant
The Australian Star · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 5
In No. 2 Jury Court this morning, before his Honor the Chief Justice and a jury of four, an action was brought to recover £5000 from the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in the North. Great Loss of Property. Singleton Swamped. Water Subsiding at Raymond Terrace. Excitement and Anxiety at Newcastle --The Highest Flood Known on the Hunter--Many Settlers Ruined --A Scene of Desolation-- Latest News from Maitland--The Town Entirely Submerged-- Government Aid for Sufferers. The Damage to Railways--Reported Deaths by Drowning
The Australian Star · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 5
On the instruction of the Premier £1000 has been placed at the disposal of the police magistrate at West Maitland for the relief of those suffering from the effects of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Lines
The Australian Star · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 6
Advices received by the Railway Department this morning are to the effect that the line from Farley to Whittingham is in good order. From Whittingham to Singleton it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Chicago Railway Strike London, March 13
The Australian Star · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 6
The Chicago Railway Companies have agreed to share the expenses incurred by the strike of switchmen, and are determined to unitedly resist the strikers…
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